Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006
Transcript of the questions and answers following the discussion on ’Freedom of expression and respect for the other. How to respond if one is offended’ at El-Sawy Culture Wheel, Cairo on April 15, 2006.
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006
The speech of Sir Derek Plumbly, British ambassador to Egypt, on ’Freedom of expression and respect for the other. How to respond if one is offended.’
Date of source: Wednesday, October 24, 2001
A project called "The Representation of Islam in German Textbooks" was a very important step in view of the existing reservations, prejudices and animosities between Christianity and Islam. This is an extensive and successful project in view of the fact it has often been asked, when an analysis of...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 23, 2001
After the attacks of September 11, a kind of polarization happened with the followers of the three heavenly religions. Moderates from the three religions can unite and form a religious coalition. The current war will not be able to put an end to terrorism. Accordingly, there should be an...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 5, 2001
Directing wrongful accusations at Islam and linking it to terrorism has become an unsupportable and dangerous matter. Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi said that terrorism is the child of injustice, and injustice is the act of America, and as long as injustice exists, no one can prevent terrorism. Dr. Abdel...
Date of source: Saturday, September 29, 2001
The imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah (Mecca) called upon world leaders not to resort to violence in response to the terror attacks against the United States on Sept. 11. He also urged Muslims to differentiate between terrorism and legitimate holy struggle. He rejected terrorism as totally un-...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 26, 2001
The author stressed that individual or mass suicide is not a recent Arabic-Islamic invention and that those who carried out the attacks in America were not necessarily Arabs or Muslims because American agents are only outnumbered by those who hate America’s arrogance.
Date of source: Saturday, September 22, 2001
Drs. Cornelis Hulsman was interviewed by Egyptian TV to speak about the role of Western media in reporting on the attack in America. The questions directed at him made it obvious that there is a deep mistrust of Western reporting about the Arab and Islamic world. The interviewer believed that...
Date of source: Saturday, December 31, 2005
Jennifer Drago, an American Christian volunteer with the Mennonite Central Committee, is living with her family in the Upper Egyptian provincial town Banī Suwayf (Beni Suef), and reflects on her experiences at a beach camp with Coptic orphan girls. Her article shows that the mentality of Egyptian...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 28, 2005
In a recent speech, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied the Nazi Holocaust against the Jews, describing it as a "myth" promoted to defend Israel. The author argues that there is indisputable historical fact to prove that the Holocaust did take place.